The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-31 00:00:00

~~ SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The arrest of the Rev. Mr. Stephens, on a charge of ut tering seditious language, is, it must be admitted, a most extraordinary step, while a political incendiary like Mr. Daniel O'Connell, with his precursor agitation, is at large, and not only at large but caressed and honoured by her ! Majesty's ministers—feasted by her Majesty's Irish Vice ray—and Battered and applauded by the Journals of the Whigs, whose profligate faction more than once convulsed society, and nearly brought about a cisil war to secure them selves in power. Can the Whigs, by issuing proclamations against " torch-light meetings," where violence has neither been done nor attempted, and by arresting the Rev. Mr. Stephens, as a talker of sedition, hope to make the British public forget their own iniquities in the wee of popular excitement and intimidation ? Can they ob literate the recollection of the infamous placards with which Whig emissaries covered the walls of London, with the intention of creating a run upon the banks, and throwing the commercial world, nay, all society, into confusion, to prevent the Whig Min;sters from being ejected from Downing -street by the free exercise of the King's un doubted prerogative ? If a commercial crisis did not they, take p'ace, and if society was not thrown into a state of anarchical confusion, it was not the fault of those who posted the-walls with the flaring placards bearing the atro cious inscription "If you would stop the Duke go for gold." Scarcely yet has Bristol risen from the ashes of the fires which the instigators to popular intimidation and the incendiary appeals to physical force, which daily appeared in the Whig journals, at that time bad kindled. Nottingham still bears the blackening traces of the flames of Whig agitation. The gallows at both those towns bears infamous record to the fate of the victims of Whig Reform excitement—the wretched beings that were tempted to vie. lence to secure the Whig faction in power, and hanged in place of the real instigators, of whom they were but the in fatuated tools. Did any of the Whig statesmen speak with disapproval of the directly rebellious threats of the then Whiggified Birmingham hammermen ? Oh, no ! The menaces of physical force then' made against the House of Lords, and the threats of marching upon London to carry those threats into execution were repeated by Whig journals and Whig politicians in tones of congenial violence. The Whig Attorney-General of that tim e spoke of th e H ouse of Lords in language well calculated to add fuel to the flame. The Whig Lord Chancellor, from his place on the Woolsack, like a first-rate showman in the " deep tragedy line," solemnly raised the curtain o! the New Hall-hill " demonstration," aad in language of terrible import pointed out to their, Lordships the startling spectacle of 150,000 working men kneeling bare-headed, and veil fag in the sight of Heaven that they must have the Reform Bill, or else— Any demonstration of physical force —any array of popular intimidation in favour of Whig objects is good and patriotic. It is only when directed against Whiggery that such demonstrations are dangerous end treasonable—anti-Poor-lan, agitation is to be put down, but anti-tithe and anti-Corn-law agitation to be encouraged —Morning Herald. Our readers will find elsewhere en ample account of the arrest of the Rev. Mr. Stephens, and of his examination. and of the evidence received in proof that he had bee, guilty of dangerous and inflammatory language, at a certain meeting, which is there specified. It would be wrong to say, in the present stage of the proceedings, what may be the actual amount of crime committed by the alleged de linquent ; for as yet Mr. Stephens Las had no opportunity of rebutting the evidence brought against him, by any other proof than that of the cross-examination of witnesses. In the course of the next three or four days, a furthe, examination will take place, and then we shall be better able to judge whether the atrocious language attributed to Mr. Stephens have, or have' rot any foundatice in fact. If it be true that he gave utterance to the language alleged 1112e i ve been ernCoyej by him upon more than one occasieb-- - --and if, at the, same time, he be of sane mind—iva know elf no punishisieote within mode rate compass, which ought not to be inflicted upon him. On the other, if he be of insane mind--of a benevolent, but imprudent disposition=-We tiust. that he will be le niently dealt with. No good ever resulted from harsh treatment, and more especially in ewes where the heart, instead of the head, was the offending member. Any thing which could admit of the Construction of severity or vindictiveness in the further proceedings to be adopted towards Mr. Stephens, would be the most inju dicious course which Government could devise. As it is, there are myriads on myriads of the manufacturing popu lation who will regard 'that gentleman as a victim to his attachment to their cause, and who will consequently feel the deepest interest in all the proceedings which may be adopted towards him. If, therefore, there be any thing in those proceedings which can lead them to suppose that Mr. Stephens is treated vindictively, the result may be a breach of the peace. It is reported that other arrests, on similar charges, are in contemplation. We adjure the Government to ponder well before they have recourse to so perilous a step. If they do persist in the determination to which they are said to have come, we tremble at the thought of the possible consequences of their procedure in the manufacturing districts. One ex ample, in the shape of arrest, will answer all useful pur poses. If there is to be a wholesale arresting of those who arc alleged to have uttered seditious language at the recent radical demonstrations, the people will regard the circum stance as indicative of a vengeful or vindictive spirit on the part of Government.— Morning Advertiser. We learn from what we deem good authority on East Indian affairs that Runjeet Singh, notwithstanding Lord Auckland's tripartite treaty, positively refused to allow the British troops to march through the Punjab, and that in consequence of this refusal Commodore Barnes was sent to ascertain the practicability of forming a bridge of boats across the Indus, out of the dominions of this very cordial ally of the Noble Governor-General. We learn also that Mr. Ross, the senior Member of Council at Calcutta, who has hitherto acted as Deputy-Governor General during the temporary absence of Lord Auckland from the seat of Government,bas resigned that function, and is succeeded by Colonel Morrison. This is supposed to arise from Mr. Ross's disapprobation of the actual policy of the British Government in India. This gentleman has been in India many years, and in the various subordinate offices which led progressively to his present elevation has ac quired, we undrstand, in an extraordinary degree, the re spect and affection of the natives. It will be recollected by those who paid attention to the subject, that in papers ' laid before the House of Commons last Session, relating to certain dark and mysterious transactions in the kingdom of (Jude, -Mr. Boss appears in the character of a dissentient front the policy, in pursuance of which the British Govern ment of India decided by military violence the question of succession to the Oude throne.—Morning Post. GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. (From the Gardener's Gazette.) In frosty weather remove, and lay on manure, split wood for winter use, and do all carting and other work that the frost does not prevent : take some pains to make men and horses useful ; for in proportion to the severity of a frost, so are the men discharged the more miserable. In a garden, a thousand oppor tunities of making men useful occur, preparing drainage, crocks, and labels, clipping hedges, forming trcllices and frames for climbing plants, attending to the fruit and seed rooms, doing the heavy pruning of orchards, mending fences, gates, &c., and there are innumerable operations, which, while all other affairs go on, are generally neglected for more pressing matters. Avoid as long as possible discharging hands, and creating want. Houses and pits of all kinds require well watching and guarding against the weather ; greenhouses, conservatories, and pits, should be kept at the lowest possible degree of tem perature above a frost, to prevent the drawing of the plants, and if the air be temperate but an hour in the d a y, l et th em have the benefit of air for that hour. The ordinary operations inside houses may go on as usual, even to the repotting, if care has been taken to provide the proper compost under cove r from the frost. Training of the climbing plants should be looked to, as many of them, espe cially Tropeolums, grow rapidly, and care should be taken to train them very close at the bottom, where plants of that de scription should be well covered, or they entirely fail to be good specimens. If any bulbs remain unplanted, we are sorry for them. While frost holds off, every rod of ground that is doin g no thing should be dug and left in ridg es. a fi t is ne Endive can be easiest blanched with a flat tile, W hi ch covers the whole, unless the plants be and very Celerylarge and th in which case they may be tied up ; growing should, whenever the opportunities occur, be carefully earthed up. CORN MONOPOLISTS.—We observe that some of the agricultural associations never meet but to eulogize the Corn-laws, and to impress upon each other the necessity of their being continued. We are at a loss to understand what they will say to the present remarkable crisis, which would almost seem to have been brought about by Provi dence on purpose to uproot, and utterly to destroy, such a fearful evil as the Corn-laws have latterly been found. The English Agricultural Society held their first great meeting the other day—Earl Spencer (late Lord Althorp) in the chair, but somehow not a word was said on the subject of the Corn-laws. They found that silence was best.—Tyne Mercury. On Monday night a very daring robbery was com mitted on the premises of a gentleman named Wembsy, residing i❑ Bethnal-green-road. During the temporary ab sence of the servant some thieves had got access to the house by tneansAskeleton keys, and it is supposed had concealed theme) n the premises for some time. They succeeded in carrh' s a large stock of jewellery, and some valuable papers; st have been disturbed, as a considerable tfiantiit, Pt ring apparel was left behind, which they had packet{ any with them. • .1104 SCOTLAND. THE StIPPEAGE.—CORN-LAW —On Thursday night, Mr. Reed delivered his second and last lecture on this subject. The attendance was very numerous, and the lecturer was loudly applauded. At its conclusion Mr. Howison was called to the chair, in the absence of Mr. Whiseham; and a rather stormy discussion ensued, in which Mr. Waugh; Mr. Peddle, and several others, took a share. By the one party, it was contended that it was in vain to petition the House of Com mons to repeal the Corn-laws, so long as in that House the landed interest held so great a preponderance. To this the other party replied, that it was still more vain to ex pect that the House of Commons, as at pre'sent consti tuted, would ever grant Universal Suffrage, Annual Par liaments, and the other articles of the " National Pe tition." It was further observed that, as the Chartists had professed to fix a period, within which, if their requests wore not granted by Parliament, they would seek redress else where, the question came to be, on their principles, not which of the two things is the House of Commons most likely to grant, but on which of the two things will Reformers be best able to take their stand against the -House of Commons in case of a refusal ? Whether onli.e demand of an abstract, a theo retical, and disputed right, or on the denunciation of a real, practical, and most unquestionable grievance ? After a vote of thanks to the lecturer, whkh was unanimously responded to by l=oth parties, who, as far as we could judge, seemed equally numerous, the meeting broke up.— Scotsman. ANTI--ENDOWMENT MEETING IN LEITH —On Wednesday evenit.g, a public meeting teas held in the Rev. Mr. Ste-art's church, Leith, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament ag&nst additional endowments to the Church of ScAland. At the conclusion of the proceedings, a knot of Universal- Suffrage agitators, headed by. one Partgier, made an attempt to procure the sanction of the meeting to the so-called " People's Charter," instead of a petition against endow ments ; but after some contusion, arising from the pertinacity with which they insisted- upon being heard in a meeting with which they had nothing to do, they were put down by almost universal consent, and the petition against endowments carried by general acclamation. —lbid. RENFREWSIIIRE POLITICAL UNION. —A meeting of the Council of this Union was held on Wednesday night, at which Mr. Brewster attended, and which sat in deliberetion till two o'clock next morning. The main features of dis cussion, we understand, was the respective merits of moral and physical force, in carrying forward the movement of the men of the Charter. The ph) sical force men proved most numerous, r n I carried their point by a majority of ,22 to 19. The minority deeming themselves inculpated thereby refused to submit, and insisted that the matter should be laid before the whole Union. A meeting of the Union was called next day by tuck of drum, was held in the Old Low Church, and protracted till midnight. At this second meeting the Secre tary explained what had been done on the night before, and contended that the Union was bound to cancel the m , tion that had been agreed to by the Council, for by that moCon they had all been rendered amenable to the law, and might fall into the fangs of Government, and a number of members would retire. The principal speaker of the evening was the Rev. Mr. Brewster, who mov,d the following resolutions, which were carried by acclamation : " That the Renfrowshire Political Union most decidedly and unequivocally condemn the conduct of all those who have employed language, tending to recommend the use of physical force, in gaining the obj , eta of the nat'onal petition And ti's people's charter, as both illegal in itself, and as hi_hly iljtuious to the pe-ple's cause. And, that we expressly re pudiate and renounce all connexion with such individuals, and with all who approve of their conduct, and will not, in any respect, recognise or co-operate with them, either di rectly, or indirectly, personally, or by deputy ; as associates, or allies in this movement, till tbei have 'retracted the lan guage, and disowned the principles they have inculcated, or appproved of in reference to physical force, until they have given satisfactory assurance to us, that they will abstain from such conduct in future. " That we rely with unshaken confidence in the efficacy of the many moral means the people possess for the achievement of their rights. Beiag fully persuaded that such appeals to physical force tend to diminish the vast influence o' moral power, to rouse and keep alive the lowest and worst feelings of their nature—to tempt them, smarting as they are under a sense of manifold wrongs and sufferings, to make unlawful attacks on persons and property, thereby alienating many :riends of human freedom, and bringing disgrace on the sacred _ause in which the people are so honourably engaged." INCENDIARY FIRE.—On Thursday night about twelve o'clock, the farm-yard of Mr. Famblt ton, at Hillend of Pent land (about five miles from Edinbur%:ll), was observed to be on fire. The only damage done was, the destruction of two large ricks of straw and one of hay ; but front the fury with wbich the fire was raging when first discovered, and the di rection in which the wind blew the flames, there is every reason to believe that, but for the timely efforts we have mentioned, the whole contents of the yard (amounting to about twenty stacks) must inevitably have been destroyed. Though nothing has yet transpired to lead to the detection of the perpetrators of this, barbarous ac', no doubt is entertained that it was the wolk of an incendiary. —lbid. ACTS ors SEDERUNT.—In virtue of powers given by the late Court of Session statute, to meet during vacation or recess for the purpose of preparing and passing Acts of Sede runt, the Judges of the Court of Session assembled on Mon day last, and -passed four Acts ; (1.) To regult-te the business of the Bill- Chamber ; (2.) The form of extract; &c. ; (3.) Proceedings in the Outer-House ; and (4.) The process of Cessio- Bonorum. Taken in connexion with several recent statutes to which they refer, these Acts of Sederunt, with the schedules and forms annexed thereto, contain most valuable in formation for the members of the profession both in town and country, as well as for all Extractors of Judgments, and Keepers of' the Record of Deeds, Messengers-at-Arms, &c. The Acts come into operation on Tuesday first. CROWtED STATE OF THE GLASGOW HARBOUR. —On Friday there were 69 applications for berths at the Bromielaw ; of these 14 obtained inside places, 5 in the second tier, while 50 were unprovided for. On Saturday there were 60 applica tiona-7 berthed inside, 2 in the second tier, and 51 unpro vided for. —Glasgow Argus. The London morning mail of Thursday did not reach town last night (Saturday), cause of detention unknown. __Paisley Advertiser. Late on the night of yesterday week, three carters were on their way from the west country to Paisley with three carts of stones. When about a mile on this side of Barrhead the two who were foremost heard an alarming cry behind, and on run. ning back to see what occasioned it, they found the cart stopped by the body of James Findlater, the carter, being jammed between the tram and the wheel ; they had much difficulty in extricating the body, and before they could do so life was extinct. His face being towards the cart, it is sup posed he bad missed his footing when jumping up, and thus met his untimely fate. The night was very dark. —lbid. IRELAND. THIL CORPORATION.—No SURRENDER.—A meeting of the Members of the Dublin Common Council was held last Fri day, to adopt measures in order that nothing should be done by the Legislature to reform Irish Corporations. The Dublin Evening Post, referring to the meeting, slys their honours " have indicted the whilom champion of what is called' Pro testant Ascendancy' of various crimes and misdemeanours—to wit, betraying the Protestant Corporation into the hands of the Philistines, recently assembled at Drayton Manor ; and of having, all along, whilst mouthing fine speeches at the Lord Lieutenant, anent the great antiquity, loyalty, and so forth, of the said Corporation, since the first Charter had been granted to the Protestant colony from Bristol, been secretly in league with Sir Robert Peel and other proved traitors, to surrender its rights, privileges, and immunities_ to the Popish enemy. . _ " Ex- Sheriff Jones led on the assault, and was followed by Ex. Sheriff Quinton, and various other great guns, all of whom thundered forth their artillery upon the devoted head of the talented Recorder,' who has been denounced as a double traitor, and his ejection from the representation of Trinity College is to be accomplished by the persevering agitation of the corporators amongst the Parson constituency of that University. Mr. Long alone had the courage to tell their Honours that they might as well attempt to stop the Liffey as to prevent the passing of the Corporate Reform Bill in the approaching Session I But, nothing daunted, they have raised the cry of "No Surrender." One of the orators, Ex-Sheriff Quinton, told them that their only hope lay in the re-conquest of Ireland PRECURSOR SOCIETY. —Au adjourned meeting of this So ciety uas held on Thursday at the Corn Exchange. In the earlier stage of the proceedings Mr. O'Connell said he had 100 ladies of Limerick as members. He read the following Address : We, the undersigned ladies of the city of the " Violated Treaty," regarding the untiring energies of our indomitable leader, Mr. O'Connell, to work out the bloodless regeneration of oar own dear isle, anxiously avail ourselves of the present opportunity to enrol our names as members of the Precursor Society. Our sex may be deemed exempt from political inter ference, but when we see the sceptre of these realms wielded by a young, lovely, mannrchical and virgin Queen, with all the ardour of our woman's nature and all the loyalty peculiar to our country, we respectfully desire to evince our co-opera tion in a struggle, which, if successful, will secure to us un molested the endearing ties of husband, father, brother, son, and friend, and give stability to our lovely S o ver e i gn ' s swa y, that may defy the autocrat of Russia, cr any and every Power that may threaten the crowned head of these kingdoms. For speeches, '6 reports," as being more likely to catch at tention, and less liable to error, are to be substituted by the Society. Mr. O'Connell announced that the Committee are of opinion that business should be conducted in that shape for the future. The Learned and Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to read a roport on the registries; on the reply to the address to the Radical Reformers of England ; and on the new Tithe Bill'; all of which reports were introduced by him in speeches of considerable length, then read and duly adopted. Allusion was more than once made to the Chronicle's de preciatory remarks on the Society ; and Mr. Peter Purcell, the chairman, on putting a question, observed that " the pre sent Government had no excuse whatever, if they did not as sist in registering the tenantry tinder them, and Members of Parliament were more interested than others in getting a good registry ;_ he, therefore, hoped that they would no w come for ward and join the Precursor Society, and not 1,1 ait for the sug tions or sneers of the London Atoning Chronicle." DEATH OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CASHEI..—The Most Rev. Dr. Laurence, Archbishop of Cashel, died last night ( Fri day), at •hie town residence, Upper illcrrion-strect, after a few days' illness. His Grace had been' a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and Professor of Hebrew in that University; and, in 1822, on the demise of Dr. Broderick, was elevated to the See of Cashel. On tbe:death of the late Dr. Burke, Bishop of Waterford, that See became 1-psed, and the administration of the ;Hairs of the diocese was entrusted to Dr. Laurence, who changed his residence iron, Cashel to the palace at Waterford. The Archbishopric of Cashel is now ex tinct. The new Prelate will be Bishop of Cashel, Emly, Waterford. and Lismore. Dr. Laurence was a very distil, guisl - ,ed scholar. His Grace had been the private tutor of Sir Robert Pee!, through whose influence be obtained the See of Cashel. Cashel is the first Archbishopric that has become vacant, since the passing of the Irish Church Temporalities Bill—Dublin Evening Post of Saturday. DINNER to DAVID URQUHART, ESQ. AT HULL This Gentleman having accepted the invitation to dine with the Hull Union Club, composed of merchants, maim- Lcturers, and shipowners, &c., the dinner (which was sumptuous, and reflected great credit on the Committee and Mr. Thw,ites, the Manager) took place on Tuesday even ►ng, Mr. GEO. GOODWIN in the Chair, Mr. JOHN Tli; RNEY acting es Vice. President. Aker " The Queen," " The Queen Dowager and Royal Family," " The. Army and Navy," was giver,—to this toast BRIGHAM responded, stating that if the Navy was in the condition ascribed to t by Mr. Urquhart, Admiral Napirr, and others, and that if is was so from motives of economy, he thought such economy ill-judged, and he believed that the people of Great Britain felt so much the importance of our wooden walls being in that state which would enable us still to be the mistress of the seas, that there, was not an inhabitant from John o'Groats to the Land's End who would begrudge his share of the taxation necessary to replace it in the proud position it once held. —( Loud cheers.) Mr. URQUHART having been obliged to retire, on account of illness, during the dinner (and to call in medical aid), on returning his health was drunk, " with thanks to him for ac cepting our invitation," delivered a short speech. After re turning thanks, he saislehat he was suffering great bodily pain, but felt it due to the gentlemen (resent to say a few words. The purport of his observations were, that from his long resi dence abroad ho had seen not only the high estimation in which England had been held, bet he had also seen how, from allowing her own rights to be infringed, she had sunk in the estimation of those countries which before had looked up to her with respect and admiration. He then adverted to the state of our navy, more particularly to our relative posi tion with other nations in respect to the means of defence. Fur three' centuries England had b; en mistr. ss of the seas ; her navy was her bulwark. All nations had admitted her right to the police of the seas, in consequence of her exten sive colonial empire ; a navy being to her an engine of pro tection, whereas in the bands of other powers it could only exist as a means of aggression, thus endangering the peace of Europe. It was in us a necessity to protect our maritime rights, and yet this position we hare sacrificed re ithin the last twelve years: The idea of security has led to weakness; and alarm now seems to promise measures of defence scarcely less injurious. If the public prints a:0 to be believed, our coasts opposite to the Baltic are to be fortified. Mr. U. then alluded io (he proclamation of the Governor-General of India, brought by the last London Papers, enurneratinghis:reasons for attacking Affghanistan ; lie pointed out that, by inisniara.gernent, we had allowed those States who were w illing to become our allies to fall into the hands of our antagonist, thereby not only weaken tog that harrier to our Indian possessions, but also depriving the British merchant of the trade of Central Asia. Error in peace must end in error in war; in short, whenever we allow our rights to be infringed, although at the moment it may en pear unimportant ; yet when the moment of action comes, n that power which would have been of service is turned ieto an engine of hostility. He then explained the position of Runjeet Singh, the ruler of the Punjab, and his necessary hostility to Great Britain, and the fatal error of our alliance with him. Every act of this country seemed as if dictated by an enemy. By stepping cut of our way (gratuitously) to ( spouse the cause of Runjeet Singh, we ally ourselves to the violencss of that ambitious ruler, against the generous people of Affghanista.n, and whilst the Maharaja makes use of us for the furtherance of his projects against the Affghans, we appear allied to the Sikhs against a people who have armed in defence of their religion. England, henceforward, appears in Central Asia—the foe of the Mussulinan—the enemy of Islamism. She changes pieces, therefore with Russia. Tile Musaulmans looked-to her fur support and protection against Russia—now they will look to Russia for protection against those who publish their inten tion ( Russia it guilty of no such publication) to espouse an unjust and, arthere understood, religious quarrel against 11Ius sulmars—to overthrow constituted authorities—and to violate national independence. This course persevered in, and you way write down India " lost ;" and, strange to say, those who have been crying out peace I peace! when every insult and wrong that one nation could inflict upon another, were perpetrated against us, now applaud and commend this act of madness, and smilingly term this infa meus transaction a " measure of commendable energy." He next alluded to the way which Persia had thrown herself into the arms of Russia, and observed that the Governer-Ge neral of India ascribed the movements in Cabool, &c., to the influence of Persia, not daring to name Russia, and thus ca. hibiting England throughout the East as quaking beforo that power, and having recourse to what they must deem falsehood, to arrest her wrath. But what was our conduct to Persia ? Persia bad over and over again stretched her suppliant hands towards England for support ; her statesmen pointed out the danger of India if Persia was abandoned to Russian ambi tion ; her priesthood by a solemn act anathematised the friends of Russia ; her Minister declared the impossibility of maintaining her independence, if England abandoned them What did England do ? What did she reply to Persia ? She replied—You Persians are mistaken—you are not threat ened ? ' India is not endangered. Russia is our ally I Rus sia and England take ccunsel together ; they unite to preserve the peace of Europe and the world I Is it then to be won dered at that Persia should ally herself with the ally of Eng land; cease to hope for national independence, and concur with that ally in the invasion of Hindostan ? This very " nation," not the Government, is now denounced by the Governor-General of India as the cause of the other Rulers threatening our possessions. In referring to the general aspect of affairs, Mr. U. observed that had our position became such as it was after the exercise of our energies and our power, then indeed would our case be hopeless, but that which was the worst feature of the past, was the best promise for the future —the cause of the evil and the danger lay in our breasts—it was under our own control, and by ceasing- to be indifferent and divided, we ceased to be endangered, degraded, and threatened. In conclusion, Mr. U. regretted his sudden in disposition having forced him to deal with this important ques tien so summarily—he had intended to have entered into it at considerable length. It was a question (India) on which he conceived the very existence of this country to depend—and for tunately it was not a party question—for the Tory and the Radi cal Press were loudest in their commendation oldie unfortunate policy which the recent Proclamation revealed. This was poor consolation, but it showed the necessity of exerting themselves, if they wished to save their hearths and their homes—if they wished to prevent their own inviolate island f r om becoming the arena of their latest struggle, He then gave " Prosperity to the port of Hull," and retired.—(Mr. Urquhart was repeat edly cheered throughout, as well as at the conclusion of his address.) _ _ Mr. PEARSALL regretted the absence of their distinguished visitor as well as its cause ; be made some excellent observa tions on the increase of trade of Hull during the last seven years, as evinced by the sea-going steamers, increased bustle in the qusys, increasing number of houses, all occupied, &c., thereby showing that we had something worthy of the "pro. tecting care of Government." He would bare.wished to have pointed out their prosperity to Mr. Urquhart, as leading them to feel the necessity of uniting for its preservation. He then gave " Mr. Fyler's health, and thanks to him and all those who devote their energies to our cational interests."— ( Loud cheers.) Mr. Fveen begged to return thanks for the honour which had been done him, in selecting him as the medium through whom they expressed their feelings towards the as yet few, but firm and united advocates, of British interests. After apologizing for his inability, especially after Mr. Urquhart, who had been so unfortunately prevented from entering more fully into the subject, he proceeded to illustrate fur ther the influence of Persia, Cabool, the Punjab, Ssc., upon our Indian possessions. In confirmation of these opinions as to Runjeet Singh, which Mr. Urquhart bad asserted long ago, news -had been received of the refusal by this chief to allow the British forces a passage through his territory. The lamentable proclamation of the Governor-General, him self an excellent and amiable man, he considered as one of the most ruinous acts that could have been committed. Why reveal our weakness? Why add calurnry to injury ? Why reveal the dishonesty, as well as imbecility, of our counsels? Persia, not Russia, is denounced. An alliance with Runjeet Singh, our natural foe, is proclaimed, and the pretensions of a deposed Monarch arc announced by the Anglo-Indian Government in a proclamation, which itself gave proof of the previous recognition by England of a Government against which she now set up a pretender. The Persian sympathies are now with the Affghans, and by that change the elements of power and the feelings of the people of Central Asia are entirely altered, and those sympa thies will be tenfold increased, whilst contempt must be felt and hostility be engendered towards England when the first fruits of her alliance with the Sikh against the Mtiesulman is a proclamation falsely denouncing them as a "nation." These words you will revert to ere long, though you may not under stand them now. Thus we have, at length, the accomplish ment of the first phase of Russian intrigue in Central Asia— England rendering her paramount there by adding insult to injury, and proclaiming revolutionary principles under the banner of legitimacy, thus combining the two extremes of infatuation, and so sunk is England in character, because in knoweidge, that this course is applauded by all parties at home. Mr. Fyler then alluded to several national subjects taken up by Parliament, but always decidedly by party consi derations, not on their intrinsic merits. Among others, the struggle in Stain lying supported by one party on canstitutionsl grounds, the other on monarchical, but by neither with any reference to our commercial rights. Mr. F. referred to his having been a party man, but he had found, on approaching such great questions, that he must lay aside party views. He strongly recommended the same course to others entering on such inquiries, the result of which would be the extinction of the debasing influences of party feeling_ results already obtained, not only among individuals but in whole eities.---( Vehement cheering.) Mr. Fyler then alluded in very appropriate terms to the Union Club, as composed of men of all parties, the first attempt in pull to amalgamate them : a proof, he would say, and result of this happy change was, that interest in these questions wh:ch had led them to pay this mark of respect and confidence to the advocate of national interests and honour; and as their meeting on this occasion ' was the crowning of the generous purpose which had led them to its recent establishmeet, he felt great satisfaction in pro posing " Proaperity to the Union Club."—(Cheers.) Mr. THORNEY returned thanks, and in a short but excellent address dwelt on the gallant and noble spirit evinced by a nation whose existence till late was scarcely known in Europe, but who bad from time immemorial enjoyed an independence which they proved themselves worthy of, by their brave and determin...d resistance to every effort made by Russia to sub due them: The importance of this nation to us must be felt by all, since it is the bulwark of our Indian Empire ; be sides which it numbers four million souls, who would take largely of our manufactures, when we emit our right to bold free intercourse with them ; he therefore proposed " Prospe rity to Circessia, and may its Rights and Independence be respected."—( Hear. ) Mr. FYLER, in the absence and on the behalf of Mr. Urquhart, returned thanks. He then recounted the first visit of Mr. U:" - i6 that country, which had been the ne• ans of bringing us to a knowledge of this people. He stated. that to the capture of a British vessel on the coast of Circassia, and our submission to so violent an ou - rage on our rights and on our honour, might be traced the present dep!orable at rte of things in India. After a few remarks on the value of Chambers of Commerce, when brought to their highest state of usefulness, he proposed " The Hull Chamber of Commerce, and may those Institutions be este • Wished in every town of importance in the United King. dom."—( Hear, hear.) • Mr. Fosmifelt dispiried at the absence of their distin guished guest, and the more so as he knew that gentleman had intended to have addressed thin] at some length. In acknowledging the toast he alluded to the different systems adopted by other countries in creating and clothing with powers those institutions, their Governments referring to them for advice on commercial matters, &c., Whilst our Govern ments took their advice generally from their mercantile friends and partners. If we had such valuable institutions as Cham bers of Commerce in all our principal to.vns, and they acted together on national subjects, their influence upon Government ain't be decisive, and would render impossible, infractions of treaty and sacrifice of rights. Mr. F. could not conclude without referring to Mr. Urquhart's address to the Chamber of Commerce, at Newcastle; and it was through our also hav ing such an institution that we were enabled to discuss and settle his invitation to this town, which has brought us more fully acquainted with his views, the importance of which no commercial man could too highly appreciate. He felt a great respect for Mr. U.'s manly straightforward way of speaking to them on all occasions. He was hoe from every party bias, as Mr. F. could vouch from the frequent intercourse he had lied the honour of having with him since his arrival. He never heard Mr. U. inquire a what party any of his numer ous visitors were ; this struck him the more, as they generally found in public men a disposition to conciliate one party it the expense of another. He now begged to give " The health of the Chairman."—( Cheers ) The CHAIRMAN briefly returned thanks, congratulating the company on their attention being directed to such subjects, and on the harmony that prevailed amongst them; be testified from his long experience as a merchant, the very great impor. Wee of these views, and the necessity of their now laying aside those party feelings through which their interests had been neglected and their national existence endangered.— (L 'ud cheers.) Other toasts were subsequently drank, chiefly bearing on Twitters of local interest. MONEY AND CITY NE WS. (FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.) , TIME S.—The active superiatendence exercised by the Minister of Commerce at Paris in all matters relating to the interests of French trade has been remarked on various occa sions. Amongst other proofs of this, commendable conduct may be noticed a recent communication addressed by him to the various Chambers of Commerce in France, directing their attention to certain openings which might be advantageously improved for the export trade in salt, butter, and cod-fish. In th's document it is remarked that the dryness of the climate ol Portugal in the central and southern provinces, through which a scarcity of herbage causes the cattle to be unpro ductise of milk, renders a large supply and import of salt butter and cheese a matter of necessity. The im port of salt butter into- Portugal in 1837, an:ounted, it is stet d, to the value of about 98,0001., and of cheese about 29,0001. Formerly, it is observed, the whole import was fur nished from France, but after the reduction of the duties in 1810, conceded by Portugal in favour of British products, the butter formerly supplied from Bretagne was displaced by that of Ireland. An equality of duties is now re-established, but such, it is argued, is the forca of habit, that the people of Bretagne are perhaps not aware that the market is now open to them on equal terms in that respect. The relative importance of the traffic is shOwn from the fact, that iu 1836 the whole export of salt butter from France was re duced to the ,amount of about 56,000/., whilst Portugal alone was firmerly a consumer to the extent of 80,0001. The dairy districts of France, it is noted, lie on that part of the sea-board near to Portugal. Whilst the advan tages thus easily attaintiole were, it is said, neglected, the vessels of Denmark, Ilamburgh, and Prussia are daily seen pas:;in. , the coasts of France bound for P o rtug a l, w h ere , under ' favour of the equality of duties, they are enabled to c.Jnipete successfully in the markets with the s a lt b u tt er o f 1 Irela n d. - In respect to codfish, it is noticed that, notwithstanding all the ( fr...rts of the Portuguese Government to encourage the resumption of the Newfounzlland fishery by its subjects, seven Portuguese vessels only were engaged in it in 1836, whose cargoes reached to about 500,0001 b. of codfish. The habits of the Portuguese, resulting from the peculiar discipline of the Romish Church, and the dearness of various sorts of provisions, cause a large consumption of dried and salted cod fish. The average annual imports there are stated to be about 40,000,0001 b., valued by the Custom house at about 3381000/. It is mentioned that the English sell their fish there at about sd. per pound, with a considerable profit. The whole of the French codfishery was reduced to 16,500,000 kilogrammes (between 33,000 and 34,0001 b.), of which 4,200,000 kilogrammes were exported. The supply of Por tugal would quadruple the export, therefore, and double the fishery, and would also doably increase the number of seamen. It is emphatically added, that the fishery makes the very best nursery and school for the royal navy. If the first ventures of codfish to Portugal on French account had not been attended with all the success to be desired, that, it is observed, might be owing to the reports spread by interested competitors that the quality of the fish was not sound. Circumstances, however, were so favourable in the Portuguese market, that with a little more perseverance such an obstacle would be easily surmounted, and the benefits to be anticipated extremely importaut. CHRONICLE.—Our Contemporary of the Morning Post very justly observes, that it is perfectly preposterous to suppose that any apprehension is to be felt as regards the ex portation of the precious metals, in consequence of the state of the Exchanges; but our Contemporary of the Times, who always comes in at the fag end of every thing, has found out that large shipments of gold and silver are to be looked for, on account of extensive purchases of grain. Now, we should be extremely glad to know where any grain at all, comparatively, is to be procured, setting aside entirely the idea of extensive supplies ? We have, however, so frequently and recently gone minutely into this matter, that it is quite unneces sary to dwell at any length upon the subject now. We chal lenge our Contemporary of the Times, nevertheless, to show from whence corn oe grain can be procured, except from the Black Sea, at least in any amount; and even there it is quite no torious not more than 500,000 quarters of corn can be pro cured for love or money. A strong proof of this is the fact that the opening of the ports has not produced so muc h to t h e customs as the duties paid at the high prices, scarcely any quantity of corn being imported even at the one shilling duty. Not the slightest apprehension is felt by any person in the City, who is eognizant of the true state of affairs generally, from the depression which the Continental Exchanges have latterly undergone, but, on the contrary, they are aware that it would be a great advantage to the Dank to put into circulation some of their present rest accumulation of bullion in their coffers, HERALD.—A very strong impression prevails amongst well informed parties in our monetary circles, that the antler pAt,d defection in the revenue for the present quarter, and, in fact, for the past year, will compel the Chancellor of the Exchequer to apply to Parliament for a new loan; and looking at the actual diminution in the public revenue of the country, and the expenses of the Canadian revolt, so especially crowned by those attendant upon Lord Durham's mock regality, it is boldlyestimated that not less than about fourteen millions will be required to meet the public exigencies of the country. :Mi nisters must anticipate that the forthcoming Session of Parliament will be to them anything but a bed of roses. Corn is dear, and the foreign exchanges are so much against this country, that shipments of bullion are now more profitable than those of any other kind of merchandise to the Continent. The general commerce of the country is in a very feeble and relaxed state, with, perhaps, the exception of our trade to the United States, which, however, is not so valu a bl e as it appears at first 'sight, inasmuch as it is still carried on up on long credit, or, in more direct terms, indirectly, upon British capital, on the strength of bills at 60 days and state se curities. The labouring poor are dissatisfied with the working of the tender mercies of the Poor-laws, and these circum stances, combined with the unnatural policy of the present doctrinaires in power, respecting both our foreign and inter national trade, has caused much anxiety th rou gh out t h e com mercial and monetary interests of the country, and these cir curiMances at the close of this politically disastrous year affords them but little prospect for the coming year, beyond the feeling of hope which has always fostered that spirit of en terprse for which the British mercantile interests h ave f or ages been so pre-eminently distinguished. The British Funds have been rather inactive this day, and the closing q uotations, although they have not improved, have not ir atm ially altered. In the Foreign Market there has been rather more business, but which has been chiefly confined to the Peninsular Bonds, and has arisen out of dee immediate approximation of the settling day for the half_monthly account, which generally creates rather mere fluctuation. The .account has obtained a positive Bear character, and this circumstance caused the market to advance slightly, in consequence of some ac counts having been bought i n. The quotations, however, re ceded after the preliminary settling had been arranged. Shares have been in limited request, and the quotations in dicate increased heaviness. A young man of respectability, a resident of Lewes, was found by the police on Tiiursdayilig,ht.ina state of in- Feasibility at the bottom of New Steyne-street. On reco vering he found that he l / 4 bad been robbed of 6/.—Brighton Herald. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1838. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Poi rsmorytti, Dtc. 28. 1838 —ln Harbour—Britannia, 120, 11 , g-ship; Victory, 104. ordinary guarLi-A'p ; Excellent, gunnery ship ; Ganges, 84 ; Royal George yaelit, Messenger steam transport; and fenders Fanny and Emerald. In Basin—Tile Diphne, 18, and Camelicm, 10. . . In Dock—Not anyihing in . commission. At Soithead—The Partridge, 10, for the Coast of Africa. ARRIVALS, SAILINGS, &e. DURING THE WEEK. , On Saturday the 22;1—The Pearl, 20, sailed for Sheerness to he paid cif, and the Megmra steam vessel for the Mediter ranean, with supernumeraries for that station. On Sunday the 23d—The Russell, 74, arrived from Lis bon, and the cutters SeafloWer and Cracker, from Jersey. On Monday the 24th—Arrived the Meteor steam ves,el from the east•A ard, and sailed the same day. On Tuesday the 25th—Sailed the Grecian,l.6, for the coast of Brazil, and arrived the Quail cutter, from Sheerness, with new-raised men. On Wednesday the 2611—Arrived the Malabar, 74, from North America, and sailed the Se , allower and Cracker cutters to•the westward for supernumeraries. On Thursday the 27th—Sailed tLe Russel;, 74, for Sheer ness, to be paid off, and the Mala)ar, 74, for Plymouth, to be docked. On Friday the 28th—Arrived' the Emera'd tender, from Bristol, with supernumeraries for the Ganges. The supernumeraries now on board the Britannia continue to be daily exercised in various evolutions, and no doubt (as far as drill goes) will be rendered tolerably efficient. There are now (including boys) about 500 on board. The Daphne will not get out of basin for a fortnight yet, so many and so various have been the alterations in her. Everything in the other de partments remairs in slatu quo. Orders have been received here for the re-establishment of the Royal Naval College on the following scale:—Thirty mates, who are to be borne on the books of her Majesty's ship Excellent, are tto receive a mathematical education under two efficient masters, to lodge and board in the establishment, and two out of the number arc to be promoted annually. The equ: se of instruction is to be open to all officers of the Navy and Marines who may wish to take advantage of the same, but at their own expense, so that no extra charges may fail on the Government. It is reported - that the establishment is to consist of a superintendent, two mathematical masters, clerk, matron, steward, two men-servants, porter, and four boys. The library of the late Royal Naval College is ordered to be unpacked, and shelves fitted for the reception of the same. The building will require tome little repair, and is expected to be ready for the reception of the students early in March next. The whole, it is reported, will ,be under the super intendence of Captain Hastinge, who will reside in the late Lieut.-Governor's house. The Gangos is nearly ready, and is expected to go to Spit. Lead in the course of the next week. She has had four mole 68-pounders put on Loard her this week, making alto gether eight of these formidable pieces of ordnance to strengthen her armament. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 28. —The Russell, 74, Captain Sir W. H. Dillon, K. C. H., arrived on Sunday - last from Lisbon, which plate she left on the 11th instant. She was commis sioned in July, 1835; but, from lying a IM - 1. , time in the Tagus, exhibits only 300 days of sea log, in which period she went over 24,000 miles. She proceeded to Sheerness on Wednesday, to be paid off. The weather had been very bad on the coast of Portugal; many vessels had been wrecked, and many succeeded in getting safe, though in much distress, into the Tagus. The Donegal, 78, Tribune, 24, Trinculo, 16, and Espoir, 10, were left in the Tagus, as well as a French fri gate, with a Commodore's broad pe . iiklant flyi rig. The Crocodile, 28, and Skipjsck schooner, left Bermuda for the West Indies on the 25th ult. The Weazle, 10, left Gibraltar for Barcelona on the 27th ult., and would remain there till the end of the year; the Cas tor, 36, and Jasseur, 18, had been obliged to go to Gibraltar for provisions. The Lame, 18, Commander Blake, arrived at Manilla from China on the 18th June last; the Cruizer, 16, arrived at Ma dras from Trincomalee, on the 10th October; and the Volage, 28, arrived at the same place the following day, and sailed on the 15th for Calcutta ; the Fair Rosamond, Lieut. Oliver," arrived at St. Helena, Nov. 4. The Wasp, 18, Hon. Commander Pelham, recently took Prince George of Cambridge from Gibraltar to the coast of Africa, and landed him at Ceuta and Tetuan. His Riiyal Highness lam much gratified at the trip. The Scylla, 18, Hon. Commander Denman, is ordered from Cadiz to the coast of Africa; she will be relieved at Cadiz by the Trinao. PROMOTlONS. —Captains—John Monday, Edward J. John. son, the Hon. Edward Howard. Commanders—Nicholas Lefebre, Coryndoii Srttigue, Arthur Forbes. Lieutenants Whalley Armitage, William Rowlatt, James Sto.?dard, Charles H. Wentyss. . , APPOINTMENTS. —Assistant Surgedr:s—W. Lambert, from Malabar, to be permanent Assistant at Bermuda Hospital ; W. R. Cockburn to be additional to the Royal Adelaide. Se- cond Masters—C. A. T. Noddall, to Spitfire ; S. Lillicrap to Acheron. Masters' Assistants--G. Bower, to Britannia; Donaldson, to the Ganges. Assistant Surgeon—Augustus Slight, pro tern. to the Weazle. Mates—Munton, from Cro. codile to Malabar ; J. Lilburn, to Camelion. Midshiprnab— P. Hudson, to Grecian. Vol. Ist Class—H. Harvey, to Ma labar. Clerks—W. Stanwayain charge) to Spitfi, e ; James B. Hay, (additional) to Inconstant ; Hollingsworth, to Malabar. ROYAL MARlNEs.—Lieutenant W. F. Voote, from Malabar to Cornwallis: Lieutenant C. P. Conde, from Malabar to Andromache; Lieutenant E. S. Browne, from Andromache to Malabar. (From the Devonportlndependent.) PLYMOUTH, DEC. 29. —Her Majesty's ship, Hercules, 74, Captain Toup Nicolas, C. 8., arrived here on Thursday even ing last, in fourteen days from Halifax, having carried thither from Barbadoes, in twenty-four days, the 36th Regiment: Her Majesty's ship Inconstant, 36, Captain D. Prang, hav ing been repaired, was warped from the jetty on Thursday, alongside the Captain, hulk, to have her rigging and stores put on board. Her Majesty's sloop Grecian, Com. Smyth, from Ports mouth, bound to South America, was obliged to put back in the Sound on .Wednesday, and sailed again on Thursday. It is understood, she is to relieve the Harrier, ordered home from the South American station. Ships in Hamoaze.—Royal Adelaide, 104, Captain T. White; San Josef, 110, Captain J. N. Tayler ; Inconstant, 36, Captain D. Pring ; Megmra steamer, Lieut.-Com. Gold smith ; Oppossum ; Nightingale; Asia freight ship. In Barnpool—Nightingale. In the Sound—Hercules, 74, Captain Toup Nicolas. THE ARMY. By the death of Sir Edward Hawker the colonelcy of the 3d Dragoon Guards has become vacant. Among the many men tioned as likely to succeed to the vacancy, we have heard the names of Sir Theophilus Pritzler, Sir J. C. Dalbiac, and General Goldie ; the first named has certainly the strongest claims, and perhaps the best chance. As we have all along anticipated, the 15th Hussars is the next regiment for India;they are to embark in the spring and replace the 13th Light Dragoons. This arrangement gives a respite to the 10th Hussars, who will be one of the neat for relief. Some short time since we mentioned that the Commission appointed to inquire into the naval and military affiirs, wont most likely recommend some new arrangements connect — with the messing of regiments, so as to keep the expenses officers within their pay, and the public will say it is high tin- that something should be done, when they learn from a rni tary paper that the 84th Regiment have expended no le-s a sum than 3,0001. in the purchase of a service of place the mess of that corps. We hope this notice will prove eticient to attract the attention of the authorities at the HorEf 43uards to the subject. • The command at Portsmouth is not to be Herd up for some time. Major-General Sleige has been appointed Inspecting- General of Cavalry in Great Britain, vice Sir C. Dalbiac, promoted at the Coronation. • The 36th Regiment lanied at Halifax, N. S., from Barba does, early this month, under the command of Colonel Max well, and are suffering much from the transition from a very warm climate to a very cold one; they have already lost Major Cross and several men. This account differs very widely from that given by Colonel Senior, of the 56th, who stated that his Corp; was benefited by the change. The 36th are to move to New Brunswick, to replace the 11th, under or rs for Canada overland. The 23d Fusileers do not expect to leave Halifax before the spring. They maintain their usual excellent character for conduct and discipline, and are great favourites with the inha bitants. Colonel Ross has ic" ed, and Mr. Cathcart has left for England, on leave. The following officers retired from the army last week Lieut.- Colonels Raper. 19t'. Regiment, Baird, 66th ; Major Bernard, 84th Regirre Captains Miller, 2d Dragoons ; RoLertson, ; Chisholm, Coldstream Guards; Fisher, 95th ; Sp;- 15th Russars ; Tathwell, 33d; and Spencer, 39th. Lii..ten..its Kiaelly, 45th ; Ross, 60th Rides; Cal ley, 12th Lancers ; Woods, 12th Foot ; Wilton, 70th ; and Egan, 84th. Ensigns Elliott, 47th ; Guise, 75th ; and Dickson, 88th. WAKEFIELD NEWS 110051.—1 t gives us plea'sure to here that this institution is in a flourishing state, there being a handsome balance in the hands of the treasurer, after payment of all demands against it.—York Courant.— [We think the best thing, the committee can do with the balance is to increase their number of newspapers and pe riodicals.] The 'Oxford memorial of Cranmer, Ridley, and Latimer, which has not been much more than a month be fore the public, has received extensive patronage. Between 2,0001. and 8,0001. have been subscribed. The plan of combining some sort of monumental record with a church or sacellum, near the spot wheie the martyrs perished, has received the support of a long list of contributors. ACCIDENT TO THE MAIL.—On Friday morning about one o'clock, while the mail was proceeding northward from Newcastle, and when about three miles from that place, in consequence of it being enveloped in an extremely dense fog, which rendered it impossible for the driver to see his way, the horses wen t o ff the line of road, a n d , t h e wheels coming in co n t ac t w ith some object in the way, the coach was upset.. Fortunately, there were no passengers pn the top, and only three inside, none of whom received any injury ; the driver and guard also escaped unhurt, and the only damage that the coach sustained was one of the steps broken. ~~ THE MARKETS. COUNTAY Co MAftkETS DURIN6 LAST W.6K Per clltar,,r. 46 28 -f,“ Monett' .„, CO '72 26 24 Pen iith 79 3 , 5 Winchester rff Fe 27 30 9.0 e Per riushe!. s. d. s. d. , d. (I. !0 0 9 5 0 0 411 0 0 4 4 Cowbridge--- 8 0 0.9 o 0 4 00 :3 r Newcastle (Statl.,) 0 10 1 3 5 40, 3 0 311 Northallerton 9 0 10 33 i 3 4 t 5 8 4 0 9 0 10 (i 1 0 453 0 4 _ _ Swansea 9 0 0.4 . 6 sni 2 6 3f" OV,,,rrick 9 0 II 0 3 n 461 2 ;i Per 8011. iiirnardcastle 19 0 23 0 8 0 93' 7 0 8 8 14 0 z 1 6 7 0 BOi 5 3 7t4 Richmond 18 0 21 0 7 0 90i 5 0 8 0 5t0ckt0n. , ..... 17 0 19 6 ti 0 9 9 7 6 S . 44112 4t 40 43 42 45 15 3,* I, 9. 11 Ek. t. , 11 ft v , sf: 0 1 4 , p• 5v yrj )0. 6e r,; /) o 0 00 4 .) I) Ai II I? 5 6 r. oco ODf 90 120 76 ilO 1- . 0 11 t • tit n 9 0 90 li 690 ` ) 0 7 6 B'l e 0 0 -, WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET Den. 23.- Vi"Aeat, Red, Norfolk and Stitlblk —B, 735..0 7'4. fin WI --- Lin. and Cam. ------ Yorkshire 69s —a. to 78-. filo SO ----- White s. 72, r, 75; tin 86 -- Foreign, tted -a. -s. to —a. 61, —.. White —a. —s. to —5 .10 ..., Barley, Norfolk and Suffhlk ... .. titia. to ;385 fine 4:4 ---- Lincolnshire Yorkshire Wold Foreign 13. , :ans, Small a to 40a. tine 45‘ ---- Tick Oats, Potato Poland —s• 26a to 2ns fine :.'A) . Friezland anti Smal3 —s. 2.1 e to •.:66. fin, 28 Mealing Shelling Malt ...". 40.. fine 445. per i east. Rapeseed SCOTCH MA' RKETS. Wheat. barley, i)at, , , ~EaVN- Ja.t weal.. dscrdeen . 75 to filf 126 to - .8 20 to 25 —to Berwick 42 60 25 '29 17 2.3 30 Cepistream t2 55 21 26 17 18 27 28 Cupar ~ Fife) ,45 6i 126 31 18 22 22 26 Dundee rs l a 111! 33 ? ,1 0 1 5 1 3 -) 9 1 ?5(1 . —..— Elgin Inverness Kelso ._ ... Kirkaldy 1647723312023 45 48 43 Perth c The size of the measure varies throughout the country HADDINGfON CORN MARKET.—Doc. 2S _ Wheat. Barley. I klatft. 1 l'ea.c. ; Beans. First B2s Od 45s Od 35:i OA 49s Oki ' 47s Od Second 753 Od :•N Od 30 s Od —s oa 41s Od Third G..-s Od 37s Gd 27s OA I—s MI :,8s Od averag e 34 15: Od 4-12ths, DALKEITH CORN MARKET.—Dee. 21 Wheat. Barley. 1 Oars. ec.a.c. Bc A mr. First EN Od 43s Od 32s Od 503 O - 1 50 Od Second 7es Od 37i W . 276 04.1 4iis 6,4 46. 0 1 Third . s4s Od '47s 6d - lOs 8d 384 0' 38 0 EDINBURGH CORN MARKET.—Dec. 2T, We had a large supply of all kinds of Grain to-day, ai,d the sales were rather quick. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Yeas, j Beans First S. 6.0 d. 455. Od. 37s 4d. 475. Od 47, ltd Second 75 0 35 0 9 0 45 0 45 Third Average price of Wheat 31. 13s. 01 PRICES OF PROVISIONS, A( Beef, per lb. Os. 4d. to 04.74. Fresh Butter, _ Hutton 0 4 0 7 Salt Ditto.-- 0 8 1 0 Ditto, per tr5t......54 0 94 0 0 5 0 7 Eggs, per dos...—. 5 0 1 (1 Lamb, per qr. 2 0 3 6 OatStraw(kp'.l...- 12 0 1(1 0 Callow, cwt.... 7.44 0 43 0 Wheat Ditto 0 13 0 Puartern Leaf 9i 010 Barley Ditto 0 13 0 otatoes. 14b. 0 9 0 0 Hay, per 0 9 010 EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET.—Dec. 2S There was a middling supply of Oatmeal at this day's market, and the sales were rather heavy. Per Sack of kBolb. Imp. • First Oatmeal '42 8 0 Second ditto ...... Peasemeal 1 13 0 t'ot Barley—No. 1, per cwt. 12i.-24 GLASGOW CORN A moderate business doing Wheat, er 24011). 5. d. 5. d. British, old 4lO to 45 0 new Canada, free ai 0 42 0 Irish Parley, per 3201 b English Scottish Irish 10 I. to 0 - 2d. 4) :0 0 11: Per Stone of 141 b. snip. , First Oatmeal Second ditto Barleymeal 0 2 P . ,r _ Peasemeal 0 2 148.--43 d, 16 —4th,ll3s.—Peasl, 205,. ilAßKE'r..—Dec. 26. in Gram ; prices steady. Oats, per :.'tl4lb. d. Irish British ...........« 2l C 25 Beans, per 2601 b. English Scottish 2O 0 11 Pease, Scottish ...„ 23 0 25 0 Oatmeal, per I4olb lO 0 220 Fhnir,pisr, 20 rib 6O 0 70 to 31 • 330 29 0 31 0 26 0 30 0 CORNWALL MARKETS. ;Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel., Wheat. Barley. 0,..._2t5. 7 ........____ ....--..,........... a. d. to r. d. s. d. to s d. s, tl. to s. d• "Cruro.... -• 0 25 0 0 12 v— 0 10 0 Helstone St. Austel1... 8 0 Rodrain 0 24 6 0 9 6 0 Liskeard 0 22 0— 0 96 0 7 ° 0 0 Launceston .... ...... Camelford 2l 0 21 0— 0 10 0 7 0 8 0 Penzance 24 0 26 0. 0 11 0 0 0 ° MINI NG INTELLIGENCE. Tens. Cwt. (1 15 Quantity of Copper Ore sold Quantity of fine Copper lB4 12 Average Produce 7.3.4 Amount of Sale.ll,q69'. Ss. 6d —Averaae Standard 116/ 17s. Od. On Thursday night the body of a female infant Wag discovered by a policeman in a lane near Stoke Newing ton. It was still warm and could not have been long exposed. It was wrapped up in a coarse cloth, and from the appearance of its clothes had belonged to poor . parents. The body awaits an inquest. The adjourned inquiry touching the death of the gamekeeper of Harvey Coombe, Esq., was resumed OD Friday. The particulars of the case have already appeared in our columns. After a long investigation the jury re turned a verdict of wilful murder against four men named White, Bird, Allen, and Seggers. The principal evidence was a statement voluntarily made by White (who is the only one of the party in custody), previous to the death ur the keeper, detailing minutely the whole of the transaction in which he and his companions had been engaged. This statement was corroborated in many points by other dence. Mr. Coombe was bound over to prosecute. White could not say whether his party or the keeper's had com menced the attack. On Wednesday one of the Polish refugees, flawed J. Lakouski, was examined at the Brentford Petty Sessions on the following charge. It appeared that for some time past a great nuisance had been occasioned in that town 1 / 1 p mons hawking unstamped publications containing libe" of a most gross nature on the characters of several high!y tepeetable gentlemen residing in that neighbourhood. Os the afternoon of Christmas-day the prisoner was observed in Old Brentford, followed by a crowd of boys, Ste. shout in ' s g, and chalking on the shutters of the shops the libel lous, contents of the publications. He refused to move on , on the constable took him into custody. On" the way to the station•house, the prisoner suddenly threw the police' man down, and, while on the ground, got his knees n„ 1 " ,i breast, and both his thumbs into his mouth, but tile °Pi e h was rescued by the persons passing before sustaining In u, , injury. The prisoner was fined 205., and, in default, " committed for twenty-one days. ./ ROUND SILVER W orders. A ITERS, with rich Sbel - • Plain Centres. Chased Centres. d. oz. s. d. £ a. d. oz. s. d. 0' '8 in. diameter ...12 at 9 0 58 0 8 in. diameter...l2 at 9 6 „•' 0 1 , 1 ditto 20 9 0 90 0 10 ditto 21 9 6 ' 5 0 12 ditto 30 9013 10 0 12 ditto 30 9 6 17, 1 9 r, ditto 42 9018 18 0 15 ditto 42 96L' is 0 • ditto 124 9055 16 0 2I ditto 124 9 6 -• 0 , The Plate Rooms of this Establishment, which are exte ngl ag, Xintain a large and choice selection of Silver Plate, Plated G°;;,, 'and every article requisite to complete a service. Lists of pr' Gratis. A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing Silver/width No. 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England. PLATED CORNER DISH ES ' with Strong Silver Edges and H an dl es .—A S e t o f Four p late Corner Dishes and Covers are offered, complete, for Eight Guin,,eaui lL : or a set with richly or namen t e d Ed ges , H an dl es , & c ., for Te,t_i I t neas. The Handle s t a k e o ff th e C overs ; th e se t thus forms Pt, Dishes when required. T. COX SAVORY, Working ark mith, Silversmith, an d W a t c h ma k er , 47, Cornhill, London 3e/ Doors from Graceekurch-street). N, B. Ao Guineasvariety each. Warranted.ofSecond - hand W Watches may be select ed from, price Two BIRTHS. At Devonport, on the 27th inst., the lady of Frederick Jerning ham, Esq., 29th Regiment, of a daughter. B onn er On the 25th inst., Mrs. George Larken, of Somerton , - setshire, of a son. On the 25th/inst., at Charlton, Kent, the lady of the Rev" Arthur Drummond, of a daughter. O o n e t t h h e e 28th 28th i i n e s s t. t ~, a a t t B s ay t. sw G at e e e r rg H e, i s lil i , )la A e l e r , s. Cl:arle . daughter. Camber`" 11 Mrs. John Browne, of a son. I ornilow, On the '29th inst., at Wilton-place, the lady o f Adam -3r Esq., barrister-at-law, of a s.m. John K• loch,. At Sidmouth, on the 27th inst ., the lady of -in Esq., of that Ilk, and Kilin, of a sotand heir. of a- At Swansea, on the 25th inst., Mrs. Robert Lindsay, daughter. ------------- Il e a , II, of a MA RRIED. On the 30th inst., at St. Parriras New Church, Robert SW: well, Esq., of Chapel.street. May - fair , to Louisa Esther, daughter of the late Mr. Sparrow, of Little Bookham, Surrey. On the 27th inst., at St. Ma.y's, Aldermanbury, Mr. John Cook, of Hadleigh, Su ffolk, to Elizabeth , eldest daug hter of Dlr. Esq., third son of John Garret, Hyatt, Love-lane. wallop). On the 27th inst., at Kingston Church, Somerset shire, ,•--- # G.rrat. A.AI.. to Esq., of Bishop's-e°"': Devonshire, to Hester Foster, young..st daughter of the late Rev Warne Squire Bradley. d. Vander Mculen, the above e Y u t n oll Georgiana Martha, the elder daughter, daughter, and O nJohn of the late atS arn St u . e A l l ß a . r a y l l d e , b , o in ne m C rr if i u so r n eh , the Rev. Fre On the 27th inst., at Aldborough, Norfolk, f horras Coebran_e: tuyingu. just., Esq , to Saiah Elizabeth, the young er third son of the late Mark Alarseen, Esq , R.N., to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Mr. R. J. Gant, of Coltishall, in '- D At Madeira, on the 26th ult , Mr. Ceorge Wm. Watts , of Peer less Tool, City- roa d, age d 33.. ql: o oedi n .e I: t i li Eo e u,gs l e. 6 : tl ß l nNst.., Gloucestershire,a Jam e l s B C . 1 u ag t t e e d r b 6 u tt e . k Ch am hers, Esq., of For" On the 26th inst., Edward, only son of the late Edward Bla' 11 On the 270 inst., a Blickling, Norfolk, 0 ter. Win. - Holworthy, Rector of Blickling and ErpiOli On the 27th inst., in Burton- creseerito Hawker, Knight, G. C. 11., Colonel of th goon Guards. On the 28th inst., at Ramsgate, aged late George Tickner Hardy, Esq., oflit Shah, relict of th e itence, London: Printed and Published OW VIZ f b OYO " # 112, Strand, at The San Office, .IklO - 'll2, Strati, ia the couol. of Middesea. —Monday, December 31, 15.330- 40 t n 44 - - 47 50 ••••• 41, i neral Sir Samuel Lieginrient of Pra" - ~,.. ...,.: r {~